James 1:23

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James 1:23

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

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KJV

King James Version

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

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WEB

World English Bible

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;

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ASV

American Standard Version

For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

because if anyone is a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, this one is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

James 1

²¹ Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

²² Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

²³ For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

²⁴ and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

²⁵ But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

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